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1961 Old Dominion 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 47 of 52
September 24, 1961 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:59:40
Average Speed: 62.586 mph
Pole Speed: 70.73 mph

Cautions: 7
Margin of Victory: 0.75 lap
Attendance: 18,000
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	4	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	500	3,595	running	116
2	2	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Pontiac	500	2,000	running	58
3	9	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	499	1,570	running	259
4	8	6	Fireball Roberts	Cotton Owens	'61 Pontiac	496	850	running	2
5	16	59	Ken Rush	B.G. Holloway	'61 Pontiac	494	750	running	0
6	11	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'60 Chevrolet	494	650	running	0
7	12	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	492	550	running	0
8	15	42	Art Malone	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	484	500	running	0
9	24	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'60 Chevrolet	476	425	running	0
10	17	64	Bill Morton	Bill Morton	'60 Chevrolet	473	365	running	0
11	21	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	469	425	running	0
12	18	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	464	275	running	0
13	6	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	407	285	engine	8
14	5	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'61 Ford	407	275	running	0
15	19	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'61 Plymouth	395	150	transmission	0
16	26	25	John Hamby	John Hamby	'61 Dodge	395	175	running	0
17	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	319	175	engine	0
18	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	'61 Ford	300	350	rear end	57
19	14	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	'61 Pontiac	284	150	rear end	0
20	3	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'61 Ford	264	225	rear end	0
21	13	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	214	100	rocker arm	0
22	22	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'61 Chevrolet	179	150	engine	0
23	28	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron	'60 Dodge	120	100	handling	0
24	25	12	Wayne Lambath		'59 Ford	117	125	fuel leak	0
25	23	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	17	135	overheating	0
26	27	5	Bob Presnell		'59 Chevrolet	5	100	engine	0
27	10	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	'61 Chevrolet	2	125	rocker arm	0
28	20	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	1	100	crash	0
29	29	77	Joe Jones	Joe Jones	'60 Ford	0	125	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fred Lorenzen	1	57	57
Junior Johnson	58	112	55
Joe Weatherly	113	127	15
Fireball Roberts	128	129	2
Ned Jarrett	130	137	8
Junior Johnson	138	299	162
Joe Weatherly	300	317	18
Junior Johnson	318	359	42
Rex White	360	417	58
Joe Weatherly	418	500	83

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